Brazen Definition
Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
- to act in a bold way as if one need not be ashamed
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Brazen
- brazen it out
Origin of Brazen
Sense was originally literally “of brass”; figurative verb sense "brazen it out" (face impudently) from 1550s, and adjective sense “impudent” from 1570s. Figurative sense perhaps evoking “face unmoving, not showing shame”.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English brasen, from Old English bræsen (“brazen, of brass”), equivalent to brass + -en (compare golden).
From Wiktionary
Middle English brasen made of brass from Old English bræsen from bræs brass
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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